The Portent

Beginning as a magician of great power, the Portent transcended this category to become Balradon's greatest bogey-man.

According to legend, the Portent was responsible for the Ruin, and was nearly responsible for the downfall of civilization. Though the Nabettan Church claims that it remains defeated and trapped forever in the Shrouded Barrow, those who seek its power may find it.

Powers
According to the Church of Nabetta, the powers that the Portent and his ilk drew upon circumvented the natural cycle of life and altered the natural order of the world. They were able to give substance to their imagined monstrosities, using them to manipulate weaker people and subject them to their will. It is also said that they drained life from others to extend the lengths of their own.

One of the Portent’s greatest evils was the corruption of mortal flesh. A creatures soul can pass into the afterlife only upon the burning of its corpse. When a body is corrupted (raised as an undead, transformed into a monstrosity, etc.) the soul is instead trapped on the material plane, doomed to drift without purpose for eternity.

Devotees
Known worshipers include the cult known as the Secrets, who used sigils, sacrificial bloodshed, and psychic trauma to gain disturbing powers.